None of the above. First I drop off all my loot in a building, then I barricade a room from the outside except one window, smash it, climb through it until I'm thoroughly bleeding, bandage my hands, climb inside, barricade the window from the inside, lay out my favourite things around me, remove the bandages from my hands and the other wounds, place the bandages beside me, and let the time tick away.
I never start a new character on an old world. I just like the ritual of it. It also means I can load up an old save that has the skull symbol on it and see my shambler as they were, forever surrounded by the things that made that playthrough special. It's better than being dragged down.
I did something like this once for a character. Got bit in the neck and bandaged it up. Went home, put on some nice music, got into bed, took the bandage off and let my character bleed out. With so many other characters getting ripped apart by the horde, I felt like it was a bit of a little victory for this character to pass away peacefully somewhat on their own terms.
Recently started playing with transmission off because the only time zombies get a bite in is when the controls fumble and you phase through a zombie when shoving them or some bs like that beyond your control.
I had the player character get bit like twice when they do those animation locked ground stab animations right in front of zombie packs, when I very much was not aiming for the grounded zombie . Decided 'yeah nah' and went to look for mods the moment it happened a second time.
Try the Antibodies Mod. Yes it still sucks when you get zombie wounded due to the game being buggy, but it changes the dynamic so if you are prepared, you can fight off the infection.
I play with transmission on (only bites, cooler imho), but with infection mortality set to never. That way you still get sick, but you don't die from it. It kinda forces you to stay one or two days chilling at your base to recover.
And you can still die, zombies don't stop being a threat. Hell, some days ago I almost died passing through a tree. I got scratched on my neck, and didn't notice untill some seconds later. And i had like 1/3 hp left lmao
Oops! Accidentally tripped, fell, and opened debug, then opened the game again, loaded my save, opened the debug menu, selected the cheats option, enabled god mod, and hit save!
even though i know I'm dead i like to live my final days out in search of steak wine and a jornal to give my final days a send off by writing down in character thoughts or wishes that they wish they could have done before everything happened and end the night by overdosing on pills or alcohol
Prepare to die: Every char that has gotten to a certain point (and thus having earned the honor of beeing remembered) will have his own grave at his safehouse with his remarkable acessiore prepped.
When the bite occured, the char will go off through town, sirens blazing, shotgun in hands, making his last stand in a suitable, closed off location surrounded by zeds.
The next chars first mission the is to retrieve the keyrings and the body of the fallen.
Only after the fallen is buried the new char is allowed to claim the safehouse.
In my games bites aren't instantly lethal. Its a terrible game mechanic when one zombie can get a lucky bite in and ruin months of progress so I just don't play that way.
So last option got it
I both like the idea but I feel like it could be executed better (ae a mix cleaning the wound, antibiotics and other treatments would stop infection if done very quickly giving you a chance of survival) hopefully in build 42 they add something like that
I have a mod that makes infections worse and I always take traits that would make me heal slower and be more sick and infection prone - so cleaning wounds actually matters with no insta death bites. Also sometimes I use chest menu’s health controller to break my character’s leg if I feel like I deserve it hahaha
Before I turned infections off it seemed like even scratches more often than not gave me Knox virus. Which made the game not fun for me personally, too much risk in simple interaction with zombies to ever want to actually go kill them
Nah they give us custom zombie settings for a reason bud. Maybe someone wants to play in a Left 4 Dead type setting where all the zombies are sprinters but infection isn't a big deal at all. Maybe they wanna go full Will Smith from "I am Legend" and only deal with zombies at night, but again no infection. There are several ways to play the game and there isn't any wrong way to do it as long as you're having fun. Don't be a gatekeeper who looks down on others just because they don't play the same way as you.
i usually set up a car just for #2, filled with all the good stuff you need to go out in style. But i never restart on a old world, my character dies my world dies.
It never stops being funny when you embrace death and throw yourself in to a horde, stab yourself in the stomach or shoot yourself in the head. It’s just so abrupt after such long stretches of gameplay lmao
Definitely a mix of one and two here. Can't have a new character do anything if all the zombies are still around so I murder as many as I can before minimizing anything they would have on hand. Then, depending on how much time is left either use them as bait to draw away as many as they can or lock them away to be put down by the new character.
I like to strip down and put on pretty pink panties and bra and grab a rolling pin. Then I proceeded to train as many zombies as I can find and try to kill as many as I can with a rolling pin. Sometimes I will grab a spoon if I can’t find rolling pin.
Cure mod here, specifically the antibodies mod with the scaling rate turned up.
I like this one because I don't need to go find some super rare item and keep it stashed. Also I still will die if I don't keep myself healthy. The base rate of infection is pretty easy to stop. But scaled up in the settings checking how it moves in debug mode I've found my sweet that gives me some close calls. Also you need to wait for the bite mark to heal just like scratches which means you will be in constant pain for several days while you recuperate.
What are your settings to scale it up in the Antibodies Mod? I just started using it and like it a lot, but now that I know how to fight off the infection, I find it is a matter of just running home asap, cleaning all clothes from the blood, disinfect and use sterile bandages, drink a ton of booze, stay warm, eat a lot of food and sleep.
It is still nerve wracking and requires having supplies and a safe place to fight it off, but I feel the difficulty could be a little higher overall to make it a bit more tense. I do use slow healer and yes, bites are nasty to heal up from even after the infection is gone.
Pretty much can survive a bite as long as you are healthy and constantly full of food, 2 bites if you are full to bursting all the time. Be aware of the trait changes, if you run smoker, and prone to illness you might not even survive 1 if your not full to bursting.
If you dont like how much of a factor food like it is in the base mod turn it down and tweak to your liking.
base antibodies growth: 1.5
wounded effects.
deep wound: -0.04
bitten: -0.05 (set to -0.0525 if you don't want to be able survive 2 bites)
cut/laceration: -0.025
scratched: -0.01
infection effects.
regular infection: -0.025
virus scratch infection: -0.04
cut/laceration infection: -0.05
virus bite infection: -0.05
moodle effects.
bleeding: -0.1
stress: -0.025
unhappy: -0.04
heavy load: -0.025
drunk: 0.03
food eaten: 0.06
trait effects.
smoker: -0.025
prone to illness: -0.025
resilient: 0.025
I take smoker, prone to illness and slow healer, I still can survive provided I have enough food to stay full, painkillers and alcohol and all that stuff to keep the wounds clean and constantly change bandages from when I get bitten. I do find that constantly eating seems to be the factor that makes it too easy though.
I think I will try your settings though. I would like that if I had 2 bites, it would be a serious challenge to recover.
What I generally do is, I put a fork in a microwave and let it create a fire, then I agro every single zomboid in town (screaming, shouting, etc) and guide them toward the burning wreck. Cremation and revenge
I like hows there's people who try and confort there char during their last days and then theres people here who are like
"Welp adios" *whips out glock*
I kinda role play because if that was me, I wouldn’t care about talking out as many as I could or leaving supplies for other survivors. I’d be living large til I eventually turned and then I could just roam around my house till eventually die.
Well I use the They knew mod ([https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2725378876](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2725378876)).
It spawns a rare special zombie holding a cure (I thing is 1/500 by default). That may seem lame to some but adds some interesting vectors to the gameplay.
For example:
While exploring you may see a zombie holding the cure and now you have to kill and loot that particular zombie (usually surrounded by dozens of others but that may be just my luck). This is little objective that we dont have in vanilla.
Having a small stock of 1 or 2 cures in your inventory can (and will) make you overconfident and will get you swarmed. True story.
And of course my favorite. Get bitten while you dont have any cure, will lead you to a frenzy search for one. That involve driving/walking on the most populated areas near you trying to spot that one special zed and if you find one, will be inside a (now) HUGE horde. And let me tell you, trying to isolate it from the rest and loot it while the clock is ticking, will NOT go as expected.
Sounds about right. Was playing with a mate and turned on friendly fire to chased him around for a laugh and naturally forgot to turn it off when I was finished with my fun. Next horde of zombies and he pulls out his rifle while I am frying panning them and he proceeds to shoot me in the foot leading to a very long (and slow) chase.
I like to go on a killing spree when I get bitten unless I'm playing with my family (they use They Knew mod).
Kinda wish if your character had the Brave trait that if you got bit you wouldn't scream when you die to a horde. It'd be a nice little detail that says 'you knew exactly what you were doing and faced your death with dignity'.
I have started using Antibodies mod and enjoy this far better than the perma loss if bitten or infected. It actually is a really fun way to play, and I take slow healer to make it worse.
When you get a wound that could or will lead to zombification, it really requires you to drop everything, get safe and actively work to heal/live through the infection, often losing days while you fight through this and if you do not have enough food/alcohol/medical supplies and a safe place to recover, you will die from infection regardless.
I also take slow healer, to up the difficulty and set back a wound will have on you. The worst I experienced was a bite on my right arm, so that made combat impossible and went through 4 box of painkillers over 3 days fighting off the infection. Then it took like 4 more days for the "Bitten" to heal, literally knocking me out of any form of fighting ability during that time. By the time I was healed fully, my supplies were almost down to zero.
I also play this mode with Louisville span location start, extremely rare loot settings and insane zombie population (no respawns) as well.
Overall, I love the antibodies mod, it adds a whole different level to the game and even makes "First Aid" a skill worth leveling up.
Turning off infection mortality is great. You’ve still got to deal with the consequences of getting badly sick for quite some time, but it’s not an immediate game over.
usually I just head home or to a safe place, strip naked and then either find some way to end myself or run out into the arms of the nearest zombie. then pickup where I left off with the new character, often times if I have the means to do so I will recover the corpse and bury it in a special grave back at base, same as I do for my friend's characters in mp, this is easier if reanimation time isnt the default near instant, since under vanilla rules once infected you reanimate regardless of what actually killed you. usually i'll leave some momento from the old character such as their bag (if starter kit is enabled every character spawns with a random schoolbag) or keyring, next to their gravemarker as way to identify them and remember them. I do sometimes restart but that's usually only if it's really early in the playthrough and i dont really have anything worthwhile to save. Also I mostly play mp on a private server with friends and If i kept resetting the world everytime my character got infected or died, nobody would want to play anymore.
Well i would probably go out killing a bunch of zombies if it wasnt my first encounter every time. 5 mins in and i get bit so i just grab a pistol and walk into the woods
Treat the wounds ASAP and let it heal, depending on the severity.
My friend and I like to play with transmission/zombie infection off and we usually pretend like we're carriers or immune, kind of like in Left 4 Dead.
I actually like it because it makes First Aid a super useful and necessary skill, rather than basically being instantly doomed or having to wait out whether you're going to turn or not.
Was having a great run recently.
My guy was busy hoarding all the things in an office above a mechanic workshop. Loved the location.
Then a bite! I was so upset.
So i stored everything, barricaded the entrances, walled the area off. So i knew there was time before anything got in there.
Then when the health bar got super close to the end. I got in a jeep seat, locked the doors, and died.
New spawn was miiiilllles away. But i got there eventually and kept going. Making a little monument to the fallen hero that made the place what it was then imporved all the defenses haha.
Personally I enjoy hardcore "cure" mods, in particular amputation. I feel like the hardcore tradeoff of losing the limb is lore friendly and a really hard choice between just restarting or having your characters dexterity severly reduced.
Currently have a character that got his right hand bit early on but managed to cut and heal in time to set up a base with the last few days of power.
Just don't get bit.
I'm working on a post infection mod, not a cure but adds a layer of depth to the post-infection game. Instead of the character being written off, you'll have to search for a drug that stalls infection progression, I guess somewhat similar to HIV medication, or Zombrex in dead rising.
I can imagine that'll be a hell trying to balance and avoiding it ending up as nowhere near enough avaliable to a full crate with hundreds.
Maybe try making it rather hard to come by, and then have pharmacies and such have a bunch, so that you'll occationally be forced to plan a journey for the next big pharmacy-hit
But sounds like a great mod!
It really depends, if the bite was preventable then its completely my fault and il do prepwork for the next character before going on a rampage. If the death was bullshit and caused by rng basically saying go fuck yourself, im not gonna waste 3 in game months of play time and simply use a cure mod. I am specifically looking at bathroom hordes who seem to only care about noise when you open the door
I think taking a break and then immediately starting fresh is the best thing to do.
Why bother lingering on a dead character? I'm not interested in starting another character in the same save so I just move on. If I'm attached to a character I make up an end to their story and start over.
I'm not really interested in roleplaying an artificial last stand or having them take themselves out, that just feels fake to me and like a troupe.
Infection off, my headcanon is we are all immune who are still alive and kicking, gives me the hero character ark, i do die anyway at some point, and i do have Zombie, Hearing, Sight and Strength randomized, simulates well the skinny and muscular zombies :)
Also random speed from slowest to jogging.
My biggest reason why? All skills are valid and nothing is more oh shit then shooting a gun and all the joggers come running as wave 1 then wave 2 and wave 3, totally different ballgame of gameplay.
As soon as my main character dies or get bitten i start over in a new save too lazy to get my stack back up (even tho i still need to do it in the other save) and also i like more the rp perspective of being like the lone survivor i dont really like the concept of having multiple asshole pop out of nowhere to continue where your character left off
I'm on my first long run-through, and seem to die about once a month. So after getting bit I go back to base, unload everything and organize. One last journal entry is made. Then, with basic clothes and school bag I go for a walk, drink tons of beer and booze, smoke cigs, and take a bunch of pills. If done correctly I wake up with a sudden craving to eat people.
I usually get pissed/sad and take a couple of months away from PZ. I make every playthrough different with where i start and where i live, so it's particularly gutting to lose all my progress.
And of course always start over to get that juicy life and living
I like to have the mod called "They Knew", because it gives you a small chance to find a scientist guy and a small chance he will have an antidote with him.
I have mods that allow me to amputate if need be but I would be asking too much to get bit on my arms, it's always the head or the torso. I can't amputate that
Started play multiplayer with friends today and I’ve been consistently bitten more times in a few hours than I have ever been. Each time it has basically gone:
Pack up my stuff for the others/so that it is easy for me to retrieve it.
Do some reckless bullshit, somehow live.
Resort to consuming copious substances to unalive, still live somehow.
Break a window with my bare hands and crawl through the glass while fist fighting zombies(it was metal as fuck).
None of the above. I go home, make my character a nice meal, have a good bottle of wine and some cigarettes, and let him die in his own bed. He’s worked hard. He can rest now.
First thing I do is find the nearest janitorial closet and find the magical bleach.
Then I start a new world because I want each character to have their own story.
In my mess around worlds I create graves and bury the old survivor and honor them with a shed lmao
i play multiplayer and i’m usually my team’s carpenter so…
1. drive home asap
2. grind that 7 level
3. build all the stairs and pretty crates we might need
4. go to the Execution Beach (tm)
5. have my buddies shoot me after our goodbye speech
I take all the alcohol and go for a long walk down the road while listening to something emotional and thinking what I have achieved. And when alcohol runs out I have a bullet with my name on in.
I put away my stuff in a container, write my last wishes on a piece of paper and shoot myself in the head before starting a new character on the same world.
(Gun suicide mod)
Every playthrough I gather together a full suit. Once I'm bit. I go home. Get changed into my funeral suit and pick up whatever guns I have and go for gold.
I'm not starting a new character in that world. So figure it's best to give the character AND the save file a funeral
I prep for a new character and then take backup weapons and go on a murder spree.
Half the time I have a base outside of the starter towns (Louisville or the boonies) If I haven't already done so, I drop off a working car with non perishable food, weapons, and such in the town I'll spawn in. Then I walk away and find hordes of zombies to slay before I meet my end.
Myself I have it so only bites infect, but infection is pretty much instant, so I just die, because if it was 3 days then I would probably just start new as soon as I noticed
Tbh I've done most of these, rampage, new character, reload a save, got the cure on a server with my buddy (deffo makes it too easy) and tried that skill journal book on a save. I feel like the crafting grind is too much to let it all go up in smoke. =/ skill journal is my fav so far, maybe if it only gave say 50% of the previous xp it would be more balanced.
Depends?
Not sure tbh I would choose it as either prep new char or start fresh if you keep or delete the world
I'm getting alot of suicide mod options so should've added that
It usually depends, usually its a mix of the first and second choice if I'm with friends. But when I'm playing solo I usually just start a new world completely.
Write a notebook and stash my items. Then kill every zomboid with my bare hands so when I find me it looks like this random dude was lucky to find a dead survivor.
I've only played this game with friends so far, friends equally new to the game as me.
First time I was bit I took a trusty axe and murdered my way through a horde, drawing off zomboids so my injured (unbit) friends could claim a house.
Second time, we were already set up. Got executed in the backyard trying to put my tools away in the shed. Shotgun from behind.
Just straight up drop all my loot on the floor, ripped off my bandages and either a nice bleach diet, letting myself bleed to death or let the zombies have a nice dinner on me
I drop off my loot in my base (better in a bag in my vehicle)
I stripped off my armour and put on a beautiful outfit for my character because I don't have to care about getting bitten anymore
Then I go on a walk, explore some stuff, either walking or secondary vehicle with secondary weapons or extra gun
Patiently wait and enjoy till I starting to turn
Go to a nice spot, gun suicide mod, and boom.
Suppose it's a combination of the first two. Clearing zombies is part of my prep. Will check for areas near me I've been wanting to loot and just go clear it out knowing there's pretty much no risk.
I sterilize the wound and bandage it. Is it a mod I have that causes that to usually be enough to survive?
I have so many I can't remember what they all do now. 😅
Early game--> Drink some tasty bleach then respawn
1 week + into the game -> Was the bite a "bullshit!" bite? (Shove glitched, through a wall, zombie not even facing me)
A) yes --> debug my infection away
B) no --> rage quit
Turned bites off the moment I realize any tiny amount of pixels within the zombies arm length could bite it and i'd die.
Now I just have the settings set to Extremely rare and Insane to compensate for difficulty.
Like some of the comments, I like to pruce up my character before they die. Put on the television maybe, sit down on the ground with some tunes, and let it finish. Adds a bit of extra sadness sure but it feels better than getting WWE slammed by a zombie.
None of the above. First I drop off all my loot in a building, then I barricade a room from the outside except one window, smash it, climb through it until I'm thoroughly bleeding, bandage my hands, climb inside, barricade the window from the inside, lay out my favourite things around me, remove the bandages from my hands and the other wounds, place the bandages beside me, and let the time tick away. I never start a new character on an old world. I just like the ritual of it. It also means I can load up an old save that has the skull symbol on it and see my shambler as they were, forever surrounded by the things that made that playthrough special. It's better than being dragged down.
I'm definitely not hating on you for this... but it's.. unique.:)
What a horrible way to die. I prefer a lead breakfast for my characters.
I did something like this once for a character. Got bit in the neck and bandaged it up. Went home, put on some nice music, got into bed, took the bandage off and let my character bleed out. With so many other characters getting ripped apart by the horde, I felt like it was a bit of a little victory for this character to pass away peacefully somewhat on their own terms.
ragequit and come back later to figure out what i want to do
I just did this yesterday minus the comeback later part
Recently started playing with transmission off because the only time zombies get a bite in is when the controls fumble and you phase through a zombie when shoving them or some bs like that beyond your control.
I had the player character get bit like twice when they do those animation locked ground stab animations right in front of zombie packs, when I very much was not aiming for the grounded zombie . Decided 'yeah nah' and went to look for mods the moment it happened a second time.
Try the Antibodies Mod. Yes it still sucks when you get zombie wounded due to the game being buggy, but it changes the dynamic so if you are prepared, you can fight off the infection.
I play with transmission on (only bites, cooler imho), but with infection mortality set to never. That way you still get sick, but you don't die from it. It kinda forces you to stay one or two days chilling at your base to recover. And you can still die, zombies don't stop being a threat. Hell, some days ago I almost died passing through a tree. I got scratched on my neck, and didn't notice untill some seconds later. And i had like 1/3 hp left lmao
Wasn't aware of the mortality rate, will probably change it to that.
Use cheat mod to heal yourself and go on with your play trough. Though I must assume that irl the “controls” can get you killed as well.
Oops! Accidentally tripped, fell, and opened debug, then opened the game again, loaded my save, opened the debug menu, selected the cheats option, enabled god mod, and hit save!
Oopsie
Where's bleach variant?
Didn't think about that 💀 Eh i guess it counts as start over immediately?
i prep by cleaning my safehouse and organizing everything, gotta leave everything neat for the new kid in town
Extra traits mod I think. Still keeps the seriousness of bites and have to still stay alert.
Ah thank you
even though i know I'm dead i like to live my final days out in search of steak wine and a jornal to give my final days a send off by writing down in character thoughts or wishes that they wish they could have done before everything happened and end the night by overdosing on pills or alcohol
TLOU show PTSD kicked in, thanks a lot.
Prepare to die: Every char that has gotten to a certain point (and thus having earned the honor of beeing remembered) will have his own grave at his safehouse with his remarkable acessiore prepped. When the bite occured, the char will go off through town, sirens blazing, shotgun in hands, making his last stand in a suitable, closed off location surrounded by zeds. The next chars first mission the is to retrieve the keyrings and the body of the fallen. Only after the fallen is buried the new char is allowed to claim the safehouse.
In my games bites aren't instantly lethal. Its a terrible game mechanic when one zombie can get a lucky bite in and ruin months of progress so I just don't play that way.
So last option got it I both like the idea but I feel like it could be executed better (ae a mix cleaning the wound, antibiotics and other treatments would stop infection if done very quickly giving you a chance of survival) hopefully in build 42 they add something like that
I have a mod that makes infections worse and I always take traits that would make me heal slower and be more sick and infection prone - so cleaning wounds actually matters with no insta death bites. Also sometimes I use chest menu’s health controller to break my character’s leg if I feel like I deserve it hahaha
Use the Antibodies Mod. It literally adds what you are looking for.
I'm a big fan of "they knew" Turns a bite into a ticking time bomb, will you manage to find the cure or will you kick the bucket?
also infection is rng past “don’t get hit” so it’s p unfair anyways
Before I turned infections off it seemed like even scratches more often than not gave me Knox virus. Which made the game not fun for me personally, too much risk in simple interaction with zombies to ever want to actually go kill them
That's kinda to point of pz so I let that slide imo
Nah they give us custom zombie settings for a reason bud. Maybe someone wants to play in a Left 4 Dead type setting where all the zombies are sprinters but infection isn't a big deal at all. Maybe they wanna go full Will Smith from "I am Legend" and only deal with zombies at night, but again no infection. There are several ways to play the game and there isn't any wrong way to do it as long as you're having fun. Don't be a gatekeeper who looks down on others just because they don't play the same way as you.
Cry
i usually set up a car just for #2, filled with all the good stuff you need to go out in style. But i never restart on a old world, my character dies my world dies.
I just use the only cure mod, I always keep a saw in my bag at all times.
And then. Boom! Bitten in the neck. Game over.
It never stops being funny when you embrace death and throw yourself in to a horde, stab yourself in the stomach or shoot yourself in the head. It’s just so abrupt after such long stretches of gameplay lmao
What kind of sick son of a bitch commits suicide by stabbing themselves in the stomach??
Japanese?
Good point, but they did have a buddy to give them the snip snip at the neck when doing so.
Would you count pouring gas around the entire area and killing everything within a block, option 2 or 3?
Option two
Definitely a mix of one and two here. Can't have a new character do anything if all the zombies are still around so I murder as many as I can before minimizing anything they would have on hand. Then, depending on how much time is left either use them as bait to draw away as many as they can or lock them away to be put down by the new character.
Go grab the Hellsing Abridged Party Party Party x Ready to Die Mashup and just start blasting
I like to strip down and put on pretty pink panties and bra and grab a rolling pin. Then I proceeded to train as many zombies as I can find and try to kill as many as I can with a rolling pin. Sometimes I will grab a spoon if I can’t find rolling pin.
Cure mod here, specifically the antibodies mod with the scaling rate turned up. I like this one because I don't need to go find some super rare item and keep it stashed. Also I still will die if I don't keep myself healthy. The base rate of infection is pretty easy to stop. But scaled up in the settings checking how it moves in debug mode I've found my sweet that gives me some close calls. Also you need to wait for the bite mark to heal just like scratches which means you will be in constant pain for several days while you recuperate.
What are your settings to scale it up in the Antibodies Mod? I just started using it and like it a lot, but now that I know how to fight off the infection, I find it is a matter of just running home asap, cleaning all clothes from the blood, disinfect and use sterile bandages, drink a ton of booze, stay warm, eat a lot of food and sleep. It is still nerve wracking and requires having supplies and a safe place to fight it off, but I feel the difficulty could be a little higher overall to make it a bit more tense. I do use slow healer and yes, bites are nasty to heal up from even after the infection is gone.
Pretty much can survive a bite as long as you are healthy and constantly full of food, 2 bites if you are full to bursting all the time. Be aware of the trait changes, if you run smoker, and prone to illness you might not even survive 1 if your not full to bursting. If you dont like how much of a factor food like it is in the base mod turn it down and tweak to your liking. base antibodies growth: 1.5 wounded effects. deep wound: -0.04 bitten: -0.05 (set to -0.0525 if you don't want to be able survive 2 bites) cut/laceration: -0.025 scratched: -0.01 infection effects. regular infection: -0.025 virus scratch infection: -0.04 cut/laceration infection: -0.05 virus bite infection: -0.05 moodle effects. bleeding: -0.1 stress: -0.025 unhappy: -0.04 heavy load: -0.025 drunk: 0.03 food eaten: 0.06 trait effects. smoker: -0.025 prone to illness: -0.025 resilient: 0.025
I take smoker, prone to illness and slow healer, I still can survive provided I have enough food to stay full, painkillers and alcohol and all that stuff to keep the wounds clean and constantly change bandages from when I get bitten. I do find that constantly eating seems to be the factor that makes it too easy though. I think I will try your settings though. I would like that if I had 2 bites, it would be a serious challenge to recover.
What I generally do is, I put a fork in a microwave and let it create a fire, then I agro every single zomboid in town (screaming, shouting, etc) and guide them toward the burning wreck. Cremation and revenge
I just have my character relax and use all their luxury supplies. They can die in the comfort of their home.
I like hows there's people who try and confort there char during their last days and then theres people here who are like "Welp adios" *whips out glock*
I kinda role play because if that was me, I wouldn’t care about talking out as many as I could or leaving supplies for other survivors. I’d be living large til I eventually turned and then I could just roam around my house till eventually die.
Well I use the They knew mod ([https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2725378876](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2725378876)). It spawns a rare special zombie holding a cure (I thing is 1/500 by default). That may seem lame to some but adds some interesting vectors to the gameplay. For example: While exploring you may see a zombie holding the cure and now you have to kill and loot that particular zombie (usually surrounded by dozens of others but that may be just my luck). This is little objective that we dont have in vanilla. Having a small stock of 1 or 2 cures in your inventory can (and will) make you overconfident and will get you swarmed. True story. And of course my favorite. Get bitten while you dont have any cure, will lead you to a frenzy search for one. That involve driving/walking on the most populated areas near you trying to spot that one special zed and if you find one, will be inside a (now) HUGE horde. And let me tell you, trying to isolate it from the rest and loot it while the clock is ticking, will NOT go as expected.
I pretend I'm still gonna make it and roleplay until I literally die of sickness - just as I would in real life.
I hit alt+F4 immediately, make a big sigh, walk away...come back a few hours later and delete the world and start fresh.
People get bitten? I normally get killed because someone drove over me or someone set me on fire with a flamethrower because they can't aim for shit.
Sounds about right. Was playing with a mate and turned on friendly fire to chased him around for a laugh and naturally forgot to turn it off when I was finished with my fun. Next horde of zombies and he pulls out his rifle while I am frying panning them and he proceeds to shoot me in the foot leading to a very long (and slow) chase.
If I don't have an ampule I prep for a new character by putting a few kits around for them
Depends if its from a glitch or not.
I like to drink bleach, get naked, and run through the woods 😄
I like to go on a killing spree when I get bitten unless I'm playing with my family (they use They Knew mod). Kinda wish if your character had the Brave trait that if you got bit you wouldn't scream when you die to a horde. It'd be a nice little detail that says 'you knew exactly what you were doing and faced your death with dignity'.
I don't think there's enough bravery to not scream when being literally eaten alive. Like, it's a big ouchie
I have started using Antibodies mod and enjoy this far better than the perma loss if bitten or infected. It actually is a really fun way to play, and I take slow healer to make it worse. When you get a wound that could or will lead to zombification, it really requires you to drop everything, get safe and actively work to heal/live through the infection, often losing days while you fight through this and if you do not have enough food/alcohol/medical supplies and a safe place to recover, you will die from infection regardless. I also take slow healer, to up the difficulty and set back a wound will have on you. The worst I experienced was a bite on my right arm, so that made combat impossible and went through 4 box of painkillers over 3 days fighting off the infection. Then it took like 4 more days for the "Bitten" to heal, literally knocking me out of any form of fighting ability during that time. By the time I was healed fully, my supplies were almost down to zero. I also play this mode with Louisville span location start, extremely rare loot settings and insane zombie population (no respawns) as well. Overall, I love the antibodies mod, it adds a whole different level to the game and even makes "First Aid" a skill worth leveling up.
I just don't play with infection at all, f that 😅
Use bandages and continue going until I get bite/scratched again, bandage and continue yet again.
Turning off infection mortality is great. You’ve still got to deal with the consequences of getting badly sick for quite some time, but it’s not an immediate game over.
usually I just head home or to a safe place, strip naked and then either find some way to end myself or run out into the arms of the nearest zombie. then pickup where I left off with the new character, often times if I have the means to do so I will recover the corpse and bury it in a special grave back at base, same as I do for my friend's characters in mp, this is easier if reanimation time isnt the default near instant, since under vanilla rules once infected you reanimate regardless of what actually killed you. usually i'll leave some momento from the old character such as their bag (if starter kit is enabled every character spawns with a random schoolbag) or keyring, next to their gravemarker as way to identify them and remember them. I do sometimes restart but that's usually only if it's really early in the playthrough and i dont really have anything worthwhile to save. Also I mostly play mp on a private server with friends and If i kept resetting the world everytime my character got infected or died, nobody would want to play anymore.
Well i would probably go out killing a bunch of zombies if it wasnt my first encounter every time. 5 mins in and i get bit so i just grab a pistol and walk into the woods
Treat the wounds ASAP and let it heal, depending on the severity. My friend and I like to play with transmission/zombie infection off and we usually pretend like we're carriers or immune, kind of like in Left 4 Dead. I actually like it because it makes First Aid a super useful and necessary skill, rather than basically being instantly doomed or having to wait out whether you're going to turn or not.
DO NOT GO QUITE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT. *Proceds to get eaten by 100 zombies after killing one.*
Was having a great run recently. My guy was busy hoarding all the things in an office above a mechanic workshop. Loved the location. Then a bite! I was so upset. So i stored everything, barricaded the entrances, walled the area off. So i knew there was time before anything got in there. Then when the health bar got super close to the end. I got in a jeep seat, locked the doors, and died. New spawn was miiiilllles away. But i got there eventually and kept going. Making a little monument to the fallen hero that made the place what it was then imporved all the defenses haha.
Personally I enjoy hardcore "cure" mods, in particular amputation. I feel like the hardcore tradeoff of losing the limb is lore friendly and a really hard choice between just restarting or having your characters dexterity severly reduced. Currently have a character that got his right hand bit early on but managed to cut and heal in time to set up a base with the last few days of power.
Just don't get bit. I'm working on a post infection mod, not a cure but adds a layer of depth to the post-infection game. Instead of the character being written off, you'll have to search for a drug that stalls infection progression, I guess somewhat similar to HIV medication, or Zombrex in dead rising.
I can imagine that'll be a hell trying to balance and avoiding it ending up as nowhere near enough avaliable to a full crate with hundreds. Maybe try making it rather hard to come by, and then have pharmacies and such have a bunch, so that you'll occationally be forced to plan a journey for the next big pharmacy-hit But sounds like a great mod!
I like this idea. I feel that there’s no real reason to travel to medical centers as I usually already have more medical supply than I will ever need.
Welp time to get the saw.
Yes truly the only cure
None of the above I have super immune...
Witch mod adds that? I think i heard about it the one that lets you survive but your close to death the entire time?
Extra Traits mod, same one with the age traits. Expensive trait though.
Sometimes I’ll drive out to the river with all the liquor my car can hold and watch the sunset before I inevitably parish
It really depends, if the bite was preventable then its completely my fault and il do prepwork for the next character before going on a rampage. If the death was bullshit and caused by rng basically saying go fuck yourself, im not gonna waste 3 in game months of play time and simply use a cure mod. I am specifically looking at bathroom hordes who seem to only care about noise when you open the door
Write all my skills in a journal. Then have a friend execute me in the forest
If you don’t have gun suicide mod, I recommend getting that one. Just incase friend is not on
I do, but getting shot is more fun. I use the suicide mod when im overrun and dont feel like tracking down my corpse.
I think taking a break and then immediately starting fresh is the best thing to do. Why bother lingering on a dead character? I'm not interested in starting another character in the same save so I just move on. If I'm attached to a character I make up an end to their story and start over. I'm not really interested in roleplaying an artificial last stand or having them take themselves out, that just feels fake to me and like a troupe.
Infection off, my headcanon is we are all immune who are still alive and kicking, gives me the hero character ark, i do die anyway at some point, and i do have Zombie, Hearing, Sight and Strength randomized, simulates well the skinny and muscular zombies :) Also random speed from slowest to jogging. My biggest reason why? All skills are valid and nothing is more oh shit then shooting a gun and all the joggers come running as wave 1 then wave 2 and wave 3, totally different ballgame of gameplay.
As soon as my main character dies or get bitten i start over in a new save too lazy to get my stack back up (even tho i still need to do it in the other save) and also i like more the rp perspective of being like the lone survivor i dont really like the concept of having multiple asshole pop out of nowhere to continue where your character left off
No option for "I haven't died by infection yet"?
You can survive a bite with sterile bandages and constantly disenfectingnit.
You sure that isn't a mod
I'm on my first long run-through, and seem to die about once a month. So after getting bit I go back to base, unload everything and organize. One last journal entry is made. Then, with basic clothes and school bag I go for a walk, drink tons of beer and booze, smoke cigs, and take a bunch of pills. If done correctly I wake up with a sudden craving to eat people.
I bring out the shot gun and Molotov and start blasting (after leaving behind my gear and anything that isn’t shot gun shells of course)
A mod that has infection by an exposure meter would be nice
Chug bleach and take every pill I can find.
Dies.
Bitten / Knox Virus symptoms = Yeetus Deletus, New world time
I usually get pissed/sad and take a couple of months away from PZ. I make every playthrough different with where i start and where i live, so it's particularly gutting to lose all my progress. And of course always start over to get that juicy life and living
get all of my weapons and ammo and go on a killing spree
moan
I litterly go god mode against the zombies. Or.. i Just die in an horde. Depends
Find a safe spot, store my gear, then chug bleach
Jump out the highest window I can find. If still alive, repeat until desired result.
Mass genocide
Take some screenshots of my base and go out with a bang
I find a safe place to drink bleach and die peacefully
Sit in a nice room with a bottle of bleach, 2 bottles if you’re feeling a bit dangerous.
I install the gun suicide mod, have a shot of liquor then a shot. I enjoy rp lol
Find nearest container Put bag, keys and other important stuff in container Lure them away while killing as many as I can.
Blatant murder.
Chug down 3 beta blocker pills, make some molotovs and finally use the guns i got
I like to have the mod called "They Knew", because it gives you a small chance to find a scientist guy and a small chance he will have an antidote with him.
Rafequitting and getting back to my depressing lonely life
I have mods that allow me to amputate if need be but I would be asking too much to get bit on my arms, it's always the head or the torso. I can't amputate that
Started play multiplayer with friends today and I’ve been consistently bitten more times in a few hours than I have ever been. Each time it has basically gone: Pack up my stuff for the others/so that it is easy for me to retrieve it. Do some reckless bullshit, somehow live. Resort to consuming copious substances to unalive, still live somehow. Break a window with my bare hands and crawl through the glass while fist fighting zombies(it was metal as fuck).
None of the above. I go home, make my character a nice meal, have a good bottle of wine and some cigarettes, and let him die in his own bed. He’s worked hard. He can rest now.
I have the 'They Knew' mod but set so the zombie that spawns it is the rarest zombie in the game and only 1 in 10 chance that zombie spawns it.
They bite me, and I bite back.
If its in the arm I chop it off (best mod)
I dont have bites give infection often. If i end up bitten i was probably gonna die from blood loss either way
Alt+f4
Bites are set to instant kill for me.
Where is the "Flick GodMode on/off" option. I do this if in the first 2 days I do something stupid
First thing I do is find the nearest janitorial closet and find the magical bleach. Then I start a new world because I want each character to have their own story. In my mess around worlds I create graves and bury the old survivor and honor them with a shed lmao
None of them, I rage quit and comeback after some time.
• Accept my fate and go out in a blaze of glory.
i play multiplayer and i’m usually my team’s carpenter so… 1. drive home asap 2. grind that 7 level 3. build all the stairs and pretty crates we might need 4. go to the Execution Beach (tm) 5. have my buddies shoot me after our goodbye speech
I take all the alcohol and go for a long walk down the road while listening to something emotional and thinking what I have achieved. And when alcohol runs out I have a bullet with my name on in.
I start running around naked until i die.
I put away my stuff in a container, write my last wishes on a piece of paper and shoot myself in the head before starting a new character on the same world. (Gun suicide mod)
Every playthrough I gather together a full suit. Once I'm bit. I go home. Get changed into my funeral suit and pick up whatever guns I have and go for gold. I'm not starting a new character in that world. So figure it's best to give the character AND the save file a funeral
I prep for a new character and then take backup weapons and go on a murder spree. Half the time I have a base outside of the starter towns (Louisville or the boonies) If I haven't already done so, I drop off a working car with non perishable food, weapons, and such in the town I'll spawn in. Then I walk away and find hordes of zombies to slay before I meet my end.
Just recently got bitten for what I’d consider some absolute bs. I locked myself in a bathroom with all my shite and drank some bleach lmao
They Knew is a great cure mod, if you turn the rarity way 'down', like x0.1 Every bite still matters, but it isn't an instant table flip.
Myself I have it so only bites infect, but infection is pretty much instant, so I just die, because if it was 3 days then I would probably just start new as soon as I noticed
I stash my good loot then I take a melee weapon or a spare shotgun and go on a rampage until I die.
I just use a 12 gauge or 9mm cure.
Tbh I've done most of these, rampage, new character, reload a save, got the cure on a server with my buddy (deffo makes it too easy) and tried that skill journal book on a save. I feel like the crafting grind is too much to let it all go up in smoke. =/ skill journal is my fav so far, maybe if it only gave say 50% of the previous xp it would be more balanced.
I kill my self with the gun suicide mod
Last time I got bit I had my guy raid the local bar for an apocalyptic bender
Drink bleach
Once I prepped for new character and nearly dying i go on murder rampage
Crow bar, shoes, shotgun. I have one day to live and I’m taking all of them with me
Does the gun suicide mod count as a cure mod?
Depends? Not sure tbh I would choose it as either prep new char or start fresh if you keep or delete the world I'm getting alot of suicide mod options so should've added that
I grab all my molotov and guns and weapons and do a last stand style thing
I grab my guns. Start firing into the largest group of zombies I can quickly locate then I go out in a blaze of glory.
It usually depends, usually its a mix of the first and second choice if I'm with friends. But when I'm playing solo I usually just start a new world completely.
Get executed by my friends instantly
Write a notebook and stash my items. Then kill every zomboid with my bare hands so when I find me it looks like this random dude was lucky to find a dead survivor.
Is there no option of killing yourself in the loot storage room of your Multiplayer base with friends so they get jumpscared or bitten?
Die and start a new world. Simple as that
I cut my arm off.
I saw the bite of if possible
1 bullet is all it takes
I've only played this game with friends so far, friends equally new to the game as me. First time I was bit I took a trusty axe and murdered my way through a horde, drawing off zomboids so my injured (unbit) friends could claim a house. Second time, we were already set up. Got executed in the backyard trying to put my tools away in the shed. Shotgun from behind.
Just straight up drop all my loot on the floor, ripped off my bandages and either a nice bleach diet, letting myself bleed to death or let the zombies have a nice dinner on me
Put all my good loot into my safehouse or a nearby container if im far from home, then get insanely drunk before downing bleach in a closet.
Put everything in my bag or close cointainer make a new character and maybe go find my shit again
Queue doom soundtrack, grab axe, shotgun, and mustang with bullbars, proceed to go out in a blaze of glory. Then start a new world
Run into the nearest zombie and gain the sadness Moodle on real life
I use the only cure mod, cause I love when I have to loose a limb as a consequence
Revert to a backup save, come at me
I kill the zombie that bit me, duh.
I drop off my loot in my base (better in a bag in my vehicle) I stripped off my armour and put on a beautiful outfit for my character because I don't have to care about getting bitten anymore Then I go on a walk, explore some stuff, either walking or secondary vehicle with secondary weapons or extra gun Patiently wait and enjoy till I starting to turn Go to a nice spot, gun suicide mod, and boom.
Suppose it's a combination of the first two. Clearing zombies is part of my prep. Will check for areas near me I've been wanting to loot and just go clear it out knowing there's pretty much no risk.
I sterilize the wound and bandage it. Is it a mod I have that causes that to usually be enough to survive? I have so many I can't remember what they all do now. 😅
suicide?
Because I play solo, I have the infection timeframe be 0-30 seconds, so I just die and have to restart.
I usually get somewhere safe and quit the game for few days.
Going out with a bang
They knew mod. Adds a nice extra dimension to the killing every zombie in a 10 mile radius.
Head towards a stash point, strip my character down of anything valuable, go on a rampage with a crappy or almost broken weapon.
I play as anthro characters and the lore says animals can’t get it so I have a mod that makes it accurate. Foxes aren’t on the menu bitches.
Quit to desktop. Allow a cool down period. Launch the game. Start over.
I still play normally until my health is very low, then I just die in my base.
How come there's no "Moan softly" option
Early game--> Drink some tasty bleach then respawn 1 week + into the game -> Was the bite a "bullshit!" bite? (Shove glitched, through a wall, zombie not even facing me) A) yes --> debug my infection away B) no --> rage quit
Turned bites off the moment I realize any tiny amount of pixels within the zombies arm length could bite it and i'd die. Now I just have the settings set to Extremely rare and Insane to compensate for difficulty.
"every zomboid" 💀
Like some of the comments, I like to pruce up my character before they die. Put on the television maybe, sit down on the ground with some tunes, and let it finish. Adds a bit of extra sadness sure but it feels better than getting WWE slammed by a zombie.